xv, 600 pages ; 22 cm

Previous edition: 1985

Includes bibliographical references and index

Methodology -- Politics, economics and justice -- War and peace -- The environment -- Human life and interpersonal relationships

Sec. 1. Methodology -- Text I. Augustine 'God's Foreknowledge and Human Free will" from The City of God -- Text II. Aquinas "Natural law from Summa Theologica -- Text III. Luther from Treatise on Good Works -- Analysis of Extracts -- Extract 1. Bonhoeffer 'Ethics and Christian ethics' from Ethics -- Extract 2. Fletcher from Situation Ethics -- Extract 3. Copleston 'Objections to Natural law' from Aquinas -- Extract 4. John Paul II 'The crisis of Moral Truth' from Veritatis Splendor -- Extract 5. Fliorenza 'Ethics and Feminist theology' -- Critique of Extracts -- Sec. 2. Politics, economics and justice -- Introduction -- Text IV. Augustine 'The earthly and heavenly cities' from the City of God -- Text V. Aquinas from On Princely Government -- Text VI. Luther from Trade and Usuary -- Analysis -- Extract 6. Barth 'God's judgment on political revolutions' from The Epistle to the Romans -- Extract 7. Berdyaev 'Politics and the Spirit' from Freedom and the Spirit -- Extract 8. Niebuhr 'The conflict between Individual and social morality' from Moral Man and Immoral Society -- Extract 9. Temple from Christianity and Social Order -- Extract 10. John XXIII 'Towards a World Government' from Pacem in Terris -- Extract 11. Moranda 'Justice and Almsgiving' from Marx and the Bible -- Critique of Extracts

Sec. 3. War and peace -- Text VII. Augustine 'The Just War' from Reply to Faustus the Manichaean -- Text VIII. Aquinas 'War, Christians and the clergy' from Summa Theologica -- Text IX. Luther from Whether Soldiers, too, can be Saved -- Analysis -- Extract 12. Welty 'Wars of aggression and defence' from A Handbook of Christian Social Ethics -- Extract 13. Ramsey from Who speaks for the Church -- Extract 14. US Catholic Bishops from The Challenge of Peace -- Extract 15. Hauerwas 'Pacifism: Some Philosophical considerations' -- Extract 16. Bonino 'Liberation Theology and Peace' from Revolutionary Theology comes of Age -- Critique -- Sec. 4. The environment -- Text X. Augustine from The Literal Meaning of Genesis -- Text XI. Aquinas 'Creation and divine Providence' from Summa Contra Gentiles -- Text XII. Luther from Commentary on Genesis (1.26-31) -- Extract 17. White 'The Theological roots of our ecological crisis' -- Extract 18. Gregorios 'Ecology and the World Council of Churches' -- Extract 19. Abraham 'Liberation and eco-justice' -- Extract 20. Clark 'Christian responsiblity for the environment' -- Extract 21. McFague 'An earthly theological agenda' -- Critiques -- Sec. 5. Human life and interpersonal relationships -- Text XIII. Augustine 'Suicide from The City of God -- Text XIV. Aquinas 'Fornication and marriage' from Summa Contra Gentiles -- Text XV. Luther from On the Jews and their lies --Analysis -- Extract 22. Fletcher 'Euthanasia' from Morals and Medicine -- Extract 23. Ware 'Marriage and divorce and Orthodox perspective' -- Extract 24. Paul VI 'Birth control' from Humanae Vitae -- Extract 25. WCC 'Churches against racism' -- Extract 26. Ruether 'Western Christianity and Zionism' -- Critique

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